SARAH JANE CAVANAUGH, 31, of East Greenwich, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for fraudulently claiming to be a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with lung cancer who falsely accepted more than $250,000 in benefits and contributions. / COURTESY U.S. DISTRICT COURT
PROVIDENCE – An East Greenwich woman who admitted to fraudulently claiming to be a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with lung cancer who falsely accepted more than $250,000 in benefits and contributions was sentenced to nearly six years in jail Tuesday. Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, 31, who pleaded guilty on July 1 to fraud, aggravated identity theft,…